New African's Creed Poem by Ofentse Mercy Hajane

I've come to a conclusion that for Africans, unity is but a pipe dream. Hear me out. We are the most diverse groups in this world, and our continent alone holds a title for most spoken languages and ethnic groups in the world... What our historical revolutionary learders have taught us is that Africans can unite under the banner of understanding and tolerating our diversity, which is nothing wrong if you think about it. But the idea loses its weight once you remove all its romanticized ideal of 'unity in diversity' for the simplest rule, that humanity - all of it - have not yet evolved to be tolerant of anything different from itself. Africans are no exceptionsl too. We've for 100s of years failed to unite due to minor differences in our cultures, languages and traditions. We always going to have one culture trying to dominate over the others; recent examples of this can be seen here in South Africa. So what are we to do in order to unite? For that you must remember unity entails that, Africans must be united in ideals, and ideals tend to extend through culture and traditions. So what must we do then? Simple... We must learn to unlearn what we are. This, pride we have based on simple nature of our genetics, based on the location of which we find ourselves born into or our predecessor were born, or the language of our parents tongues and their ancestors before them is to me illogical. Yes, I said it, it's illogical. Be proud of being an African, but never let that distract you from the the bigger picture, you are here to prolong and advance human knowledge of the universe which we inhabit. All of humanity - if they don't destroy themselves first- will one day leave the cradle of their home, and build habitats and territory other worlds. Then you pride of a continent, or the color of your skin, your genetics or you languages, will mean nothing in the ever expense of the great universe. So African, if they are to truly unite needs a high power - not a god, a higher power, of new ideals and innovation. We need a purpose that overtakes our need to seek validation in our identity. For me, personally, I think that high power is Science and Technology. The relentless search for our place in the universe, and the pursuit of perfection in technology, that should be our driving force. That's how Africans can unite. Get from under the shackles of your pride. Even if that actually entails the total decimation our traditional identities. Languages, cultures and traditions are all emergent factors anyways. We can simply create what better fit, and enhances our unity as we go along.